Interchangeable heel for shoes.



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APPUCATQON FILED SEPT- 26| 19M.

'W'ITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 37, 19115. 7 v

interchangeable heels for shoes.

heel removed.

thereto.

THOMAS DOODY, DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

INTERCI-IANGEABLE HEEL FOR SHOES.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 26, 1914. Serial No. 863,651.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS Down, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in. the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inter changeable Heels for Shoes, ofwh'ich the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. Myinvention relates to improvements in "The object of my invention is to provide a heel which can be readily attached or detached from the shoe so that it can be in terchanged from the left to the right shoe to; cai se .,an .eyen wearing of the heel and thus preve'n same from running over.

Anotherjf jof my'invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effective heel of this character' 'ihaving certain details of structure hereinafter more fully set forth. 7 In the accompanyingdrawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a shoe showing the Fig. 2 is'a vertical sectional view of a shoe showing my heel applied Fig. 3 is a top plan View ofthe removable heel. Fig. 4 is a perspective view one of the spring sockets for locking the heel to the shoe.

The actual wear upon a heel of a shoe is invariably upon one side or the other and when it is possible to interchange the heels from time to time, it will be seen that the heel will wear evenly and the life thereof.

will necessarily be materially increased.

' Referring now to the drawing, 1; represents a portion of a shoe-welt having an abnormally low heel 3, rigidly fixed thereto in the usual manner. Secured into the lower face of the heel 3, are a plurality of screws 4, preferably three in number, which have their heads projecting some distance from the lower face. of the heel 3 to admit of their being surrounded by spring sockets,'which will be hereinafter more fully described.

, While "I have shown three screws used for sockets 5. These sockets 5, as shown,

are formed of spring metal of a cylindrical shape having the base 8 integral therewith and which is considerably larger n diameter than the socket and formmg an annular flange 9 thereabout. This flange 9 is placed between the layers 8 and 8' of the detachable heel and acts as a securing means for the; socket, while the socket 5 proper lies within the openings 9' in the upper layer 8 of the detachable heel and has its upper end flush therewith so that the detachable heel will rest against the lower face of the low heel portion 3 carried.

Patented July a, 1915.

the screw-head when forced over the same.

While I have shown and described the invention as applied to a leather heel, it will be understood that thesame would operate with equally good results if used with the rubber heels and affords a simple, practical and cheap means for providing an interchangeable heel. This structure is also of such a nature that the heel is held upon the shoe against ordinary strain to which it is subjected and yet can be readily removed when desired.

VVh'en the heels have become worn slightly on one edge, they are taken-off and placed upon the opposite shoe. That is if it is upon the left shoe, it is place'd upon the right one and vice versa', and thus bring the unworn portion of the heel at a point where the wear takes place and thus cause an even wearing down of theheel Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a v

e The combination with a shoe having a low 'hee1,.round-headed screws secured to the heel and extending below the lower face thereof, a removable and interchangeable heel consisting of two layers secured together, and sockets embedded within the upper layer of the interchangeable heel and consisting of approximately cylindrical resilient body portions outwardly bulged, the said resilient body portions receiving and ciamping the heads of the screws, the lower end of the body portion having an annular flange resting between the layers of the in- Intestimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

" THOMAS DOODY.

Witnesses:

WV. L. DENHAM, S. GEO..STEVENS. 

